Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Painted Cartoon Comic Covers

20 comments:

Hi John! I'm a big fan from México; I'm 21 and I read this blog everyday. LAtely I've acquired a pen tablet and I have been practicing my inking in Illustrator with some of your drawings which I wish you could see and gave me your opinion. I just don't know how to send them to you. What do you say? Thanks eniwei; and keep the good work.

Hi John! I'm a big fan from México; I recently acquired a pen tablet and started practicing in my inking in Adobe Illustrator based in some of your drawings; I was hoping If you could check them out and tell me your opinion. Thanks and keep the good work!

Hey John, one of your former employees, Milton Knight, is trying to make a hand drawn cartoon, but needs 10,000$ by Nov. 2 in order for the project to get off the ground. Think you could help him out, or at least promote his project on your blog to get more people to notice it? Heres the link:

Adding to my previous comment in which I explained who the "second Porky" was, Cicero was mainly a comic book character, one of those nephews every major character seemed to have back then. Anyway, that's why I was familiar with him, but apparently he also popped up in Little Golden Books, coloring books and even a record. His Donald Duck-like sailor hat is a holdover from an earlier version of the character who wore a complete sailor suit.

Speaking of old picture books, what do you think of the Toy Story 3 picture book covers? They look Hanna Barbera-ish to me:*http://www.reviewstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Toy-Story-3-Toy-Trouble-Book-Cover-Art.jpg*http://www.reviewstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/TOY-STORY-3_Little-Golden-Book.jpg

This post sent a wonderful chill up my back. I remember owning each and every one of these comics when I was a kid. They lay like dormant bits of genius in the recesses of my mind for some fifty years. Thanks for waking them up this morning.